Stock Market Holidays 2026 – NSE, BSE & MCX

In 2026, Muhurat Trading is scheduled for Sunday, 8 November 2026 (Diwali Laxmi Pujan). It is a one-hour symbolic trading session held on Diwali Laxmi Pujan, considered auspicious for opening positions for the new Samvat year (Samvat 2083). All three Indian exchanges – NSE, BSE, and MCX – open for this special evening session.

The tentative NSE / BSE equity session for 2026 is 18:00–19:15 IST; MCX runs a slightly later commodity window. Exact timings are confirmed via official circulars roughly two weeks before Diwali. The session is typically one hour long. Pre-open price discovery runs for about 15 minutes before the regular Muhurat session begins. All segments – equity cash, F&O, currency derivatives, and commodity contracts – trade in their respective Muhurat windows.

On Diwali Laxmi Pujan (the main Diwali day), regular trading is closed across NSE, BSE, and MCX – the entire day is a declared trading holiday. The only trading that happens is the one-hour Muhurat Trading session in the evening, which is symbolic. Diwali Balipratipada (the day after Laxmi Pujan) is usually also a trading holiday at NSE and BSE. Check the 2026 holiday calendar above for exact dates.

No. NSE, BSE, and MCX are closed every Saturday and every Sunday throughout 2026. Weekend closures are not listed in the holiday calendar above because they apply by default. The single annual exception is Muhurat Trading, which can fall on any day of the week including a Saturday or Sunday depending on the Diwali date that year.

Yes, almost always. NSE and BSE – India's two equity exchanges – publish near-identical holiday calendars because both are based in Mumbai and operate under SEBI regulation. They typically diverge only on rare region-specific events (for example, a Maharashtra election day). For 2026, NSE and BSE share the same equity trading holiday list.

On most full-day equity holidays, yes – MCX (the Multi Commodity Exchange) is also closed. However, MCX treats some festival days as partial holidays: only the morning session (09:00–17:00 IST) closes while the evening session (17:00–23:30 IST) trades normally. This is because the MCX evening session aligns with global commodity markets like COMEX and LME. Check the MCX 2026 calendar for partial vs full closures.

Check the "Is the stock market closed today?" live status banner near the top of this page. It updates every minute and checks today's date against the 2026 holiday list and the current IST clock for NSE, BSE, and MCX separately. If today is a holiday, the banner names the holiday and shows when the next trading session begins.

NSE has 16 declared equity trading holidays in 2026, in addition to all Saturdays and Sundays. BSE follows the same list. MCX has a separate calendar with full-day and partial holidays – partial holidays close only the morning commodity session. Settlement cycles, F&O expiry, and physical-delivery commodity contracts skip declared holidays and roll to the next trading day.

Your mutual fund SIP debit happens from your bank on the SIP date you chose, regardless of whether the stock market is open that day. However, the NAV applied to your SIP units is the NAV of the next business day for equity funds – so if your SIP date falls on a stock market holiday, you receive the next working day's NAV. Bank holidays (which are different from stock market holidays) can delay the debit itself.

Live order matching is unavailable on a declared full trading holiday – orders don't execute and existing pending orders are cancelled per exchange rules. You can still place After-Market-Orders (AMO) and GTT (Good-Till-Triggered) orders through your broker; these queue for the next trading session. Your broker dashboard, demat statements, and back-office services remain accessible throughout the holiday.

When a weekly or monthly F&O expiry date falls on a declared trading holiday, NSE and BSE shift the expiry to the previous trading day. The exchanges publish a notice in advance – typically when the year's holiday calendar is released. For 2026, check the NSE expiry calendar for any rescheduled monthly or quarterly expiries.